Brick from the Royal Victoria Hotel Brora Heritage Centre The flower-embossed brick was probably manufactured in Brora, possibly as a special order from Captain Andrew Ross, who built the Royal Victoria Hotel in 1897. Sadly, the popular, majestic hotel was burnt down...
Paperknife and SpoonGairloch Museum John Mackenzie, who owned this paperknife and spoon, was one of the most important Gaelic scholars of his time. He is known as ‘John Mackenzie of the Beauties’ after his collection of biographical accounts and poetry of the best...
Taxidermy OspreyGrantown Museum Fossil evidence shows that osprey had been in Scotland around twelve thousand years ago, at the start of the Mesolithic period. However, during the nineteenth century, this migratory bird was hunted to the point of extinction in Great...
Vitrified Rock from Dun LagaidhUllapool Museum This small piece of rock may not look very special, but it is actually from the fort of Dun Lagaidh. Around the twelfth century, Dun Lagaidh was refortified from a simple wooden fort to a stone Dun. Dun Lagaidh appears...
Photograph of Hotel in RosemarkieGroam House Museum This photograph shows a Victorian-built hotel in Rosemarkie on the Black Isle during its heyday in the 1920s. The Hawkhill Hotel, later known as the Marine Hotel, benefitted from Rosemarkie’s popularity as a tourist...
